When I was a little bitty girl just up off the floor
We used to go down to grandma's house every month end or so
Have chicken pie, country ham, and homemade butter on the bread
But the best darn thing about grandma's house was the great big feather bed
It was nine-feet high and six-feet wide, and soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of 40–11 geese, took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
It could hold eight kids, and four hound dogs, and a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn't get much sleep, but we had a lot of fun on grandma's feather bed
After supper, we'd sit around the fire, the old folks would spit and chew
Pa talked about the farm and the war, and granny would sing a ballad or two
And I'd sit and listen and watch the fire 'til the cobwebs filled my head
Next thing I'd know, I'd wake up in the morning in the middle of the old feather bed
It was nine-feet high and six-feet wide, and soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of 40–11 geese, took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
It could hold eight kids, and four hound dogs, and a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn't get much sleep, but we had a lot of fun on grandma's feather bed
Well, I love my ma and I love my pa, I love granny and grandpa too
I've been fishin' with my uncles, wrestled my cousin, and I even kissed Aunt Lou (ew)
But if I ever had to make a choice, I guess it oughta be said
That I'd trade them all and a pickup truck for grandma's feather bed
It was nine-feet high, and six-feet wide, and soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of 40–11 geese, took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
It could hold eight kids, and four hound dogs, and a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn't get much sleep, but we had a lot of fun on grandma's feather bed
We didn't get much sleep, but we had a lot of fun on grandma's feather bed
